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Former Cabinet Minister Maina Wanjigi, who died on Friday, was an influential public servant in post-independent Kenya because of the pivotal role he played in the resettlement of natives on farms that previously belonged to colonial white settlers.
Thousands of local people, mostly from Kiambu, were settled in the Central and North Rift Valley regions, while others found themselves in far-flung places like Lamu and other parts of the coastal region, courtesy of Wanjigi's position as the first post-independence Director of Settlements.
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